Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex

Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex
مسجد ومدرسة الأمير خاير بك
Overview
Shown within Egypt
Basic information
Location Bab al-Wazir street, Islamic Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Geographic coordinates 30°02′08″N 31°15′37″E / 30.0355°N 31.2604°E / 30.0355; 31.2604Coordinates: 30°02′08″N 31°15′37″E / 30.0355°N 31.2604°E / 30.0355; 31.2604
Affiliation Islam
Region Africa
Status Active
Architectural description
Architectural type Madrasa, Mausoleum, Mosque
Architectural style Islamic
Mamluk architecture
Completed 908-926 AH
1502-1520 CE[1]

Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex, Mosque-Madrasa of Al-Amir Khair Bak or Khayrbak Mosque (Arabic: مسجد ومدرسة الأمير خاير بك‎) is a religious complex at Bab al-Wazir street, Islamic Cairo, Egypt. It originally consisted of a mausoleum established by the Ottoman governor of Egypt Khayr Bak in 1502 CE. Later he added a madrasa and a mosque, and annexed the adjacent Amir Alin Aq Palace (built in 1293) which was used by him as residence.[1] On the surrounding area, there is Citadel of Cairo located on the southeast, Amir Alin Aq Palace on the southwest, Aqsunqur Mosque on the northeast side. It is one of many Circassian (Burji) style Mamluk architectures built during the Middle Ages.

Architecture

On the exterior there is a domed roof with floral motifs, a minaret which lost its peak at an unknown time, an arched entrance covered with muqarnas, and a pathway that leads to north end of the complex.

As for the interior, it is rectangular shaped and there is an incised bowl with four ribs, and it is surrounded by four iwans. The eastern and western iwans are deeper than the iwan with qibla which occupies the southern side of the building and the northern iwan on the opposite side, due to the building being rectangular. The walls of the iwans are surrounded by 1.5 meters marble mantle above the madrasa floor, topped with a strip inscribed with verses from Surah al-Fath. The mihrab is in the middle of the southern wall and is surrounded by two smaller rings. These three girders occupy the whole area of the southern iwan.

References

  1. 1 2 Amir Khayrbak Funerary Complex. Penn Libraries Fine Arts Library Image Collection. Retrieved July 22, 2017.


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